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Selectmen review budget priorities: roads, mutual aid, trust funds and town-clerk deputy funding

Town of Brookfield Selectmen · November 19, 2024
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Summary

During budget discussion the board weighed raising elderly exemption thresholds, repurposing small trust funds for repairs, budgeting for road and bridge work (including Bush Mountain Bridge), and funding a deputy for the town clerk; members deferred some decisions pending engineering costs and further research.

Selectmen spent significant time reviewing draft budget priorities and trust-fund requests as they prepare warrant articles for the next town meeting.

Key budget items discussed included increasing contributions to the road and bridge repair fund (a proposed $75,000 warrant for 2025), considering a $10,000 withdrawal from a trust fund for townhouse roof repairs, possible repurposing of a…

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